Fremonter was riveter, worked on Enola Gay

[Omaha Steve]

My mom worked in the same plant on the same planes. I live just a few miles from the plant.

OS

http://fremonttribune.com/news/local/fremonter-was-riveter-worked-on-enola-gay/article_65260ed0-50e4-11e1-acb4-0019bb2963f4.html

Fremonter was riveter, worked on Enola Gay


Tammy Real-McKeighan/News Editor | Posted: Monday, February 6, 2012 11:05 am



She may not have been the model for Rosie the Riveter.

But Rose Fields really was a riveter during World War II.

The Fremont resident was employed at the Martin Bomber Plant in Omaha in the 1940s. She worked on various planes, including the Enola Gay - the B-29 bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb used in an act of war on the Japanese city of Hiroshima in August 1945.

Since photographs weren't allowed during the war years, the 90-year-old woman has few reminders of those days. But she still has memories of a time when she - and many other women like her - did their part to help win a war.

FULL story at link.

[Raine1967]

1. I love this.

Thank you for sharing -- and thank you for your mom's service.

I have a big smile on my face right now.